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. 2023 Aug 30;13(17):2809.
doi: 10.3390/diagnostics13172809.

Intervertebral Canals and Intracanal Ligaments as New Terms in Terminologia anatomica

Kirill Zhandarov  1 , Ekaterina Blinova  1 , Egor Ogarev  2 , Dmitry Sheptulin  1 , Elizaveta Terekhina  3 , Vladimir Telpukhov  1 , Yuriy Vasil'ev  1 , Mikhail Nelipa  1 , Olesya Kytko  1 , Valery Chilikov  1 , Peter Panyushkin  1 , Olga Drakina  1 , Renata Meilanova  1 , Artem Mirontsev  1 , Denis Shimanovsky  1 , Tatyana Bogoyavlenskaya  1 , Sergey Dydykin  1 , Vladimir Nikolenko  1 , Artem Kashtanov  1 , Vladimir Aliev  4 , Natalia Kireeva  1 , Yulianna Enina  1
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Intervertebral Canals and Intracanal Ligaments as New Terms in Terminologia anatomica

Kirill Zhandarov et al. Diagnostics (Basel). .

Abstract

This study addresses the cervical part of the vertebral column. Clinical pictures of dystrophic diseases of the cervical part of the vertebral column do not always correspond only to the morphological changes-they may be represented by connective tissue formation and nerve and vessel compression. To find out the possible reason, this morphometric study of the cervical part of the vertebral column in 40 cadavers was performed. CT scans were performed on 17 cadaveric material specimens. A total of 12 histological samples of connective tissue structures located in intervertebral canals (IC) were studied. One such formation, an intracanal ligament (IL) located in the IC, was found. Today, there is no term "intervertebral canal", nor is there a detailed description of the intervertebral canal in the cervical part of the vertebral column. Cervical intervertebral canals make up five pairs in segments C2-C7. On cadavers, the IC lateral and medial apertures were 0.9-1.5 cm and 0.5-0.9 cm, correspondingly. According to our histological study, the connective tissue structures in the IC are ligaments-IL. According to the presence of these ligaments, ICs were classified into three types. Complete regional anatomy characterization of the IC of the cervical part of the vertebral column with a description of its constituent anatomical elements was provided. The findings demonstrate the need to include the terms "intervertebral canal" and "intervertebral ligament" in the Terminologia anatomica.

Keywords: cervical part of the vertebral column; cervical part of the vertebral column dystrophic diseases; intervertebral canal; intracanal ligament; spinal dystrophy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1
Intervertebral canal of the cervical part of the vertebral column.
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Figure 2
Medial and lateral apertures of the intervertebral canal of the cervical part of the vertebral column.
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Figure 3
Diameters of medial and lateral apertures and length of intervertebral canals of the cervical part of the vertebral column (average value).
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Figure 4
Bundles of the first order. Hematoxylin-eosin staining ×100.
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Figure 5
Fibrous–bony overgrowth with compression of the spinal nerve C5. Van Gieson staining ×100.
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Figure 6
Vertebral osteophytes (stenosis of the intervertebral canal C5–C6, C6–C7).
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Figure 7
Connective tissue interlayers of the epineurium with areas of bone tissue. Van Gieson stain ×100.
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Figure 8
Anatomical preparation of the cervical part of the vertebral column (level C2–C3).
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Figure 9
MPR of studied material. Medial aperture.
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Figure 10
MPR of studied material. Medial and lateral apertures.
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